Laurie Speed, LPC

Laurie Speed is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people move through hard life moments like depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and major changes. Laurie aims to combine practical steps with steady emotional support so clients feel less overwhelmed and more able to cope.

She centers sessions on listening closely and following each person’s pace. Laurie works to strengthen self-love, ease isolation, and address guilt or shame. She also helps people with caregiving stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, and forgiveness work.

Her therapeutic style draws on client-centered principles, emotionally-focused methods, narrative techniques, and psychodynamic ideas. That means she pays attention to present feelings, personal stories, and patterns that repeat over time. The work often includes naming painful feelings, tracking how relationships affect mood, and trying new ways of relating to oneself.

Laurie offers a faith-informed perspective when that matches a client’s values. Sessions aim to be practical and grounded, with clear steps to try between meetings. The overall goal is to help people regain a sense of balance and rebuild strength after difficult experiences.

People interested in her approach can expect calm listening, focused emotional work, and help creating manageable plans for change. She encourages clients to take the lead on goals while she provides steady guidance and feedback.

Approaches and what online work can look like

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It means the therapist listens with empathy and follows the client’s lead to find what matters most. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, and building self-acceptance.

Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions show up in relationships and daily life. It helps people name strong feelings, understand patterns, and try new ways of connecting with themselves and others. EFT can be useful for grief, trauma responses, and communication struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, needs, and comfort level. That can mean combining elements from different approaches and checking in about what’s working as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Many people find remote sessions helpful for fitting therapy into a busy schedule, making it easier to keep appointments, or using shorter check-ins when time is limited. A typical early step is a brief matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session time that fits into daily life.